En Coulliure Lyrics in English Joan Manuel Serrat
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song En Coulliure by Joan Manuel Serrat from Spanish to English.
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Soplaban vientos del sur
South winds were blowing
y el hombre emprendió viaje.
and the man set out on his journey.
Su orgullo, un poco de fe
His pride, a little faith
y un regusto amargo fue
and a bitter aftertaste was
su equipaje.
your luggage.
Miró hacia atrás y no vio
He looked back and didn't see
más que cadáveres sobre
More than corpses on
unos campos sin color.
Fields without color.
Su jardín sin una flor
Your garden without a flower
y sus bosques sin un roble.
and its forests without an oak tree.
Y viejo
And old
y cansado
and tired
a orillas del mar
by the sea
bebióse sorbo a sorbo su pasado.
He drank sip by sip his past.
Profeta ni mártir
Prophet or martyr
quiso Antonio ser.
Antonio wanted to be.
Y un poco de todo lo fue sin querer.
And a little bit of it was unintentional.
Una gruesa losa gris
A thick gray slab
vela el sueño del hermano.
Watch over the brother's dream.
La hierba crece a sus pies
Grass grows at your feet
y le da sombra un ciprés
and shaded by a cypress
en verano.
in summer.
El jarrón que alguien llenó
The vase someone filled
de flores artificiales,
of artificial flowers,
unos versos y un clavel
A few verses and a carnation
y unas ramas de laurel
and some laurel branches
son las prendas personales,
are personal garments,
del viejo y cansado que
of the old and tired who
a orillas del mar
by the sea
bebióse sorbo a sorbo su pasado.
He drank sip by sip his past.
Profeta ni mártir
Prophet or martyr
quiso Antonio ser.
Antonio wanted to be.
Y un poco de todo lo fue sin querer.
And a little bit of it was unintentional.
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